Quotes About Athletics

I love protections, I love plays. If you don't like that being a quarterback, you're not going to last long.

I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team.

I like to dribble to Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust.'

When I tell you it's an Under Armour T-shirt, your question should be, 'What's it do?'

And the question about if I ever dreamed of making the putt on the last hole of a U.S. Open when I was a kid, no, I didn't. But I hit a lot of game-winning shots on the basketball court when I was a kid.

My fitness is one area I've never had questioned in my career.

As an athlete living in a very competitive environment there are always times when you are questioned. It's up to you to prove people wrong and I really enjoy that.

The questions don't happen when you hit 30 homers, right? If you hit 30 home runs, you hit 40 doubles, I don't think anybody questions your conditioning or your offseason program.

At 15 I was very clumsy, big feet and my footwork wasn't great. I was definitely not quick.

Once I got into the league, I liked to watch LaDainian Tomlinson. He was nice, man. Quick, strong, great eyes, able to catch the ball.

College has become a wide-open game - a lot of short passes, quick passes. Then you go to the pros and it's a whole different ballgame - things are happening faster, the patterns have to be more precise. Getting off the line of scrimmage is more difficult.

I don't envy guards. They're quick little monkeys, those guys.

You have more time to make the play at second base than shortstop. That's why the game's more quick.

I'm a really fast runner. No one can catch me - I'm quick.

My second 30 is actually very good, where my turnovers are very quick. I just want to put a complete race together, once I get out of my drive phase, I want to hit my next 30 very hard.

I try to pride myself in having really quick feet and being able to set up and throw balls in time.

I put on muscle really quick.

I was top-10 once upon a time in this league, and I took a quick drop-off. Like, that's just not normal.

I've always been pretty quick for my whole career.

You have half a second to make your mind up to know if you're going to shoot, pass, drive. Don't hold the ball too long, and make your decision quick.

I could handle the basketball but I wasn't quick enough to move defensively. Offensively, I was fine. I could get around, I could do stuff, but defensively I wasn't quick enough. I couldn't keep up. That was the biggest thing. And that was at the Division II level.

When I'm aggressive and things are moving quick and my feet are in place, I'm a better, more accurate thrower.

If I had grown earlier, maybe I would have stuck with football. Maybe. But I was just too small. I was quick, I could outrun people, but if anyone ever got a hand on me, I was done.

Maybe I'm quicker. I can take the ball earlier than a big guy.